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Al-Ma'idah · 5:71

And they thought there would be no [resulting] punishment, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allāh turned to them in forgiveness; then [again] many of them became blind and deaf. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.

Sahih International

Word 1 of 19

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟

waḥasibū

And they thought

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

حَسِبُ

Fi'l · Verb

And they thought

RootحسبHsb

to reckon, count, account; to think, consider

109× in the Quran · Common

LemmaحَسِبَVerb (form I) - to think

وٓا۟

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

Grammar rules

Past tense verb

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ (And they thought) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & Present
Conjunction وَ (and)

وَحَسِبُوٓا۟ (And they thought) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Lesson 4 · Particles